Cash-controlling apparatus.



- P. MLLER. CASH (JONIRO LLIliQl APPARATUS'. Anrmxqxrron FILED JULY` ze,1910*.

Patented A111128, 1914//////////l/////////////////////////////////l/l//ll/ll///ll//// UNITEDsTATns PATENT OFFICE;

FRIEDRICH MLLER, or BOCHUM, GERMANY, AssIGNoR To -THE NATIONAL'OASHREGISTER COMPANY, OFIJAYTON, OHIO, -A CORPORATION ory OHIO, (rivediamo-vRATED IN 1906.)

CASH-CONTROLLING APPARATUS.

- Speccation of Letters Patent. Patented Apr. 28 1914. i

Applicationled July 26. 1910. Serial No. 573,953.

To n.71 4z/,f/eonzit may concern:

Be it known that 'L FRIEDRICH MLLER,-

-a subject of the German Emperor, and

@the check which is resident .of Bochum, Germany, have -invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Cash-.Controlling Apparatus, ot?,

issued July QG, 1904, to Thomas Carroll.4

As shown in said patent,that typeof machineis arranged to print a detailrecord of each transaction simultaneous with the registrat-ion of theamount of the transaction upon the usual totaliz'er and also to issue ,aprinted vcheck or slip bearing a complete and detailed record of thetransaction.

@In the use of machines of the above type adapted either to be given tothe customer 'as a receipt in a'cas'e of cash transactionsA or in a caseof other ltransactions such asl charge, received on account and paid outfor'the use of checking such (transactions. In the use of registers ofthe above type it is customary to offer prizes Ito 'any customer whomakes a cash purchase at the store lusing such register withoutreceivinga receipt for the full amount paid. This system is employed in order tocompel the clerk handling the transaction to make a complete and enactrecord of the same. other uses, such as in charge or received on accounttransactions, the check is used in connection'with the charge or accountslips to` indicate that the transaction has been correctly recorded uponthe register.

I It will readily be seen that in case a clerk neglects t-o turn overthe check to a customer in the case of a cash transaction1 or in thecase of a charge or received On account transaction failed properly totile the same. it would result in considerable confusionI and loss as nocontrol would be had 'on the charge and received on accounttransactions.

issuedA by the register is It is the object Aofthe present invention toprovide -means to compel the operator or clerk to take the Acheck fromthe register as soon as it is issued and thereby remind him v totdisposeof it as the system in vogue requires.

A further Obj ect of the invention is t-o provi'd means for filing'within theregister any checks which the clerk fails to dispose of inlthe vpropermanner, and also to make a record of such checks.

'With these and incidental Objects in view, the invention consists incertain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, theessential elements of which are set forth in appended claims, and apreferred form of embodiment of which is `hereinafter described withreference to the drawings `which accompany. and. form part of thespecification.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a complete machine of the type towhich the present improvements are shown as applied.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the printing mechanism formaking a printedrecord of transactions, portions of the cabinet and mechanism beingomitted for the sake' of clearness. Fig. 3 is a detail View of partsshown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 isa plan View of a printing mechanism for makinprinted records of transactions, together with all ofy the pres- .entimprovements applied thereto. Figs. 5,

6 and 7 are detail views of mechanismshown iii-Fig. 4. f

The form of printer which has been shown in the drawings is a form whichis well. known in the art and needs no particular description here.Reference, however, may be' had to the United States Letters Patentabove mentioned for a detail description oi the printing mechanism.Brieiydescribed, however, the operation ofthe machine shown in saidLetters Patent is as follows: wWhen the keys of the register aredepressed to Irepresent t-he transaction which is to be recorded, theoperating handle is then operated to record the transaction. Inrecording such transaction a'printed record thereof is made in thefollowing manner: A series of printing type vwheels 9 are providedandare differentially adjustable to v-represent the amount of thetransaction being recorded.

Then the type wheels 9 are in their adj usted iosition a check strip 2and dctailstri'pv 3 are rought into contact with the type Wheels to 2'0l i ceiver 10, which neglect may-not be noticed 'above a kni e checkstrip is fed out the proper distance the of the machine.

knife 4 is actuated to sever the portion 5 from the strip, which portionthen forms'the receipt which is to be handed to the customer orotherwise handled in accordance with the system in vogue. y

It. will readily be seen that it is possible for a clerk to record atransaction and then neglect to remove the check 5 from the refor sometime. However, with the use of the present improvements a clerk iscompelled to remove the check 5 from the check 'receiver 10, or he willhe unable agair( to operate the register until he has removed the check.

1n order to compel the'cl'erk to remove the check from the checkreceiverand also to prevent an operation of the register until the check is soremoved, means are provided for locking the operating mechanism of theregister while a check is allowed to remainin the receiver. Such meanscomprises a roller 14 carried by a frame 13 pivoted to the frame vA'spring 17 is Vprovided to hold the frame in normal position with theroller 14 pressing against the upper. and intype wheels 9 v and forward.

-ner Wall of the receiverl 10. When the frame f is in that position themachine is free to be operated' but as soon as the check-5 is fed. intothe receptacle Aand thus .interposed between the Wall of the receptacleand the f F roller 14, the frame 13 will be rocked about its pivot tobring its rear'endinto Vthe path` of a lug 1,1 formedon-the peripheryofa cam disk 12 carried by the feed roll 7 which is adapted to receive acomplete rotation. at each operation of thejmachineas'shown in the abovementioned United States Letters- Fatent. kIt will thus be seen that aslong. as. v"the checkis allowed to `'remain in the recep, tacle the rearend ofthe framelB will befinlocki'ng engagement with the disk 12 and theregister cannot then be operated until the check is removed.

'Cam 12 is formedA with-.a groove 16 en-4 larged at 18, injvhichenlarged portion ,rests l.an anti-'friction 'roller`15 carried 'by anup- Wardly extendingl armen the rear'end of the frame 13. When no'checkis in a receiver," ltheanti-friction .roller 15Will rest on thelowermost `edge ofthe enlarged portion.- 18.

of groove 16 and the' roller 14 onthe .forward end -of the frame 13Vwill 'bear against lthe T vallofthe4 receiver 10.--"1I`he disk 12 thento rotate and -I immediately upon the commencement of its-rotation thenarrow portion of the cam groove 16 will engagev and yelevate theanti-friction roller 15 and thus withdraw the roller 14 from Contactwith the Wall ofthe receiver 10 in Aorder to permit' the feedingoperation ofthe check 5.-

As the disk 12, however, reaches its normal position the roller 14 willagain be allowed to move upward, 'but' this time willbear against thecheck which is then in'the/:reeeiver. The purpose of so rocking theframe! per being pushed in between the roller 14 l and the wall of thereceiver-10 'in case thev paper forming the check strip was not ofsufficient weight.'l

In case the machine remains locked by 'a check being issued andallowcdto remain in receptacle 1,0, meansare further provided forwithdrawingthe check/'from thel receiver 10 and'depositing it in alockedrec'eptacle 33 located just'beloW/the printing mechanism.-`

This means may comprise a push button 3;, carried on the outer end of asliding bar normallyspring pressed outwardto normal position by a spring26 interposedibetween a portion of the casing and a-lrcollar" carried bythe bar 25. On the rear end :of'saidjbar is mounted a roller 24 'towhich is attached one end 'of a'cord 29 whichA passesfforwardly and iswound about a roller on, aspring wound druni 19.

The outer periphery. of thefdrum 19 is formed with sharp teeth46 whichare adaptedto engage with the'eheck'5 'to withdrau` it into the machineinf-the following manner: The roller 19 is mounted in a frame 20, bellcrank inform, and pivoted to the;

main frame'at 21.'v A downwardly extending arm 22 of said frame 2O ispivotally. connected to the bar 25 so that'when said Lfbariseforced-frearwardly '-bvpushing on the. button 31, the frame 20will be rocked about its pivot 21:t0 cause the teeth 4G of the drum 19to engage the lower surface of the check "5.- Simultaneous with therockingcf the lframe v22 to cause the teetlr 46 of roller 19 to engagethe check 5, a rotating movement of lthe drum will be effected by thecord 29,

which', as before stated, is wound about said drum and has one end'fastto the forward Aendof the bar 25. When the bar is pushed inwardly,'thecord will be unwound from the drums 19 and it will consequently Vberotatedv in a direction to causethe check 5 to be fed forwardly througha passage' 32 into a receptacle'B-S. Tothis end the side of the knifesupport '34 is beveled as shown. in

[order to deiiect the check.

' In orderA to indicate' upon the detail strip vgated slot located atthe lovver .bar is adapted tobe forced -crank machine The other end otthe. beii transaction. This means comprises a sliding bar normally heldout of contact with the detail strip 23 and carrying at its forward enda series ot'sharp points el. The into contact with the record strip by abell crank 455 pivoted to the frame of the machine and having one'endpivotally connected to the slidincv bar andI its upper end,pivotally connecten to a lilik 44, The lower end ot the linie est ispivotally connected to one arm of bell lever 42 pivot/ed to the irai-neof the crank carries a pin adapted to 'playl in an elonarm 22 of therocking frame 20. It will thus be seen that when the push button 3i isforced inwardly to cause Athe drum la to engage and feed 4the check 5toi-ward into the machinethe rocking movei'nent of the frame V2O rocksthe bell crank t2 about its pivot, and, through the medium of 'the iinlt44, said rocking movement is transmitted to the bell crank 43 to slide.the bar carrying the pins 41 into contact Ywith the detail strip 3.

In order to sound a special -aiarm upon each operation of thepush'button 3l, the

" bar 25 carries'a block 39. Pivot-ally mountthe gong 36 to vsoundessary, as itwill readily be as a. checkus allowed to remain in the re-Vcciver 10 the rear end, of the trame 13 will ed on the block is abv-nass pavvi 3S which adapted to engage and operate a pivot lever 40carrying a bell hammer 3? which is adapt edto strike, and sound the,ej-ong It vviil thus be seen that upon each. depression of' the pushbutton 3l to feed a check 5 into the machine, the b v-pas s' nawl 38will engage the' upwardly extending" arm of the hammer lever 40 andcause the hammer Si" to strike.

an alarm.

No detailed description of the general op-y eration of the machine isthought to benecN seen that as long bei heldin engagement with the ing'il on the rotating disk 7.' The machine will/thus be locked againstoperation. ssoon. hou ever, as the check `is removed from the rerock todisenthus permit an operation of the machine. In "order to facilitatethe removing ot `the check from the receiver and also' to record withinthe machine the :tact that said check was fed back into thereceptacle atthe. base '60 yof the printer, an operation of the push button 31 willthen be etccted. It will thus be seen thatv a. check will at alltimes beeither removed from the machine for the purpose of handing to a customeror iiling` of same in accordance with the system in of the,

vogue, or a record'will'be made to the eiect that ,the check has beenfed back into the such a device is eap'ableof use in other connections,such, for instance, as permitting the customer to withdraw-his, receiptfrom the machine and to provide means for passing thecheck back into the-machine in case the Acheclris not so removed. It mayfurther be used'for soda fountains, or places of like nature. In that use the registerinav be placed at the cashiers deslrand -upoii an amount of money beingpaid to the cashier for a certain amount of soda or other articles, a(theol/r will then be fed out tovvard the customer and the machinecannot again be operated until vthe customer has removedhis check fromthe receiver. I

While the form of mechanism herein shown and described is admirablyadapted to fulfil the objects primarily stated."it is to be understoodthat it is not intended to confine the invention to the one forni ofembodii'uent herein shown 'middescribed as it is susceptible ot'embodimentin various lforms, all coming Within the scope of vthe claimswhich foliovv. t* l What' is claimed is as Follows:

l. In a machine of the class describeththe combination with a checkmarking mechanism, means preventing an operation or' said mechanismwhile a previously marked check marked .bv the marking' mechanism is-allowed to remain; in the machine.

In a machine of the class described, the combination with' acheclrmarking mechv anism, of a check receiver ior receiving a checkwhen marked-bv the mechanism. and means for preventing an operation oisaidv marking' mechanism whena marked check is in the receiver.

the combination ivith'a ,checkissuing; mech- -anism, of a check receiverfor receiving an' issued check., and means for withdrawing the checktrom the receiver and said check Within the machine.

the lug. 1l; and.

In 'a machine of the'class described, the combination' with a checkissuing mechanism. oi' a check receiver for receiving 4an issued checlcmeans for withdrawing' vthe checkfrom' the receiverto deposit the same-wvithin the mechanism. "and means for makinn` a record of theWithdrawal of the check.

In a machine of the ciass described. the combination with' means forprinting and issuing a check, of a check'receiver for receiving' theissuedl check', and means. coper- 'ating with said receiver forlsubsequent operation of the check means 'While the issued check isallowed to remain in the receiver.- A In a machine of `the class andmeans i therein for' printing and issuing a check,-

machine. It will also-readily be seen that.

3. In amachine of the class described,

no depositing preventinga 12a vim of` a check receiver for receiving theissued check, locking 'means coperating with said receiver forpreventing an operation of the receiving' the issued checks, means y.coperwith said receiver for prevent-ing an operation ofthe checkmeanswhile an is- I sued check remainsin'the receiver, and means 'forwithdrawing the-"issuedA check 'from the v receiver-to deposit thesamewithin the casing-rand' for recording-,the withdrawal of thecheck-in connection with the detail recordfof the Vtransactionl to whichi-t pertains. mechanism-of the class described,

the' combination of check feeding end print-l .ing mechanism of meansforpreventing an operation. of said mechanism until the check printed -ona. previous loperation hasbeen 'removed-ifrom'said'mechanism.' w

. 9.-*In-'mechanism of t-heclass described, the combination with a checkprinting and vissuing cash register; of means 'for preventing anoperation of the register until4 the check issued on a previousoperation lhas been removed. therefrom-.

y 1Q. In mechanism of the class described, the combination of stripfeeding mechanism; meansffor printing upon the strip and severingtheprinted 'port-ion of the strip; and means for preventing an' operationof lthe above named means when a check issued on the previous operationhas not been removed. 11. Inmechanism offthe class described,

v thecombination of check issuing mechanism and. locking `means thereforArendered effective and retained in effective posit-ion by the checkupon being issued and rendered ineffective by the removal of an issuedcheck;

fromjhe machine. f 1,2. YIn mechanism of the y'class described, thecombination of check issuing mechanism; of accessible means forreceiving the checks as theyare issued from the machine; and means forpreventing an operation of saidmechanism rendered effective by the1'presence of the check in the accessible means. 13. In mechanism' 0f theclass described, 'the'combination of va check issuing mecha- -nism;` andmeans for locking said mechanism and retaining it in locking position bythe issued check.

14:. In mechanism of the class described, the combination of checkmarking and issuing mechanism and a lock therefor controlled by theissuance of avcheckfrom said mechanism.

15. In mechanic` i of the class described, the combination f. nism; anormally ieifective lock therefor; and means Wherebj` the lock isrendered effective and retained in effective position by as check issuedfrom 'said mechanism.

, 16. In mechanism of the class described, the combination'of a checkissuing mecha'- nifsm, operating. means therefor, a receiverl for issuedchecks; and a lock for the operating mechanism rendered eective by. thepresence of ay check in the receiver.

, 17. In mechanism of the class described,

thelcombination of check printing and issuing-mechanism; a receiver forissued checks; and a lock for said mechanism eifectivelat,

the end of an operation of the machine and rendered ineffective upontheremoval of an issued check from the receiver.

v18. In mechanism of the class described,

the combination of check` issuing mechanism; a locking lever therefor;means for holding the lever in locking relationship 'with the check'issuing mechanism Whenthe machine is being operated; means .whereby thepresence of an undisposed of check inV the machine retains the machinelocked when it is not being operatedand means whereby the locking leveris moved to unlock the check issuing mechanism when an issued check isdisposed of. i

19. In mechanism of the class described, the combination -of checkissuing mechanism, of -a locking lever therefor normally projecting intothe path of an issued check to be moved thereby to lock the checkissuing mechanism; andmeans for restoring the lever to normal unlockingposition when the issued check is disposed of.

-E20. In mechanism of the class described, the combination of check`issuing mechanism; of a receiver fortemporarilyreceivcheck issuingmechaing issued checks; a lock for the check issuing vmechanismeffective when an issued check is temporarily in its receiver; a secondcheck receiver: and meansfor transferring an issued'check from the firstmentioned receiver to the second mentioned one to render ineffective thelocking means for the check issuingmechanism and permitting anotheroperation of the machine.

21.- In mechanism ofthe class described, the combination of checkprinting and issuing mechanism; a temporary receiver for issued checksfrom which they can be manually removedgja lock for preventing theoperation of the machine when an issued check is in the temporaryreceiverga permanent receiver for unremoved checks; and mechanism fortransferring an unremoved check from its temporary receiver to thepermafective and permitting another operation of dicatin chine t ose'ofwhich the corresponding rec-A the machine.

22. In mechanism of the class described, the combination of checkissuing mechanism; a temporary receiver for the checks from which theyare manually removable; ay

.permanent receiver for unremoved checks; ya lock for the check issuingmechanism effective when a check 1s present 1n the temporary receiver;manipulative means for. transferring an unremoved check from thetemporary receiver to the permanent receiver; and means for indicatingwhen the ordsyhave not been removed from the machine. 1

24, In mechanism of the class described, the combination of accountingmechanism; means whereby a record of the operation of the accountingmechanism is retained in the machine; check issuing mechanism orissuingchecks bearing records of the operations of.' the account mechanism; atemporary receiver, a permanent receiver for checks left in thetemporaryl receiver; means for transferring an unremoved check fromthe-temporary receiver to the permanent receiver;

and means operated by the last mentioned.1 .means for indicating on therecord receiving means retained in the machine those records marientreceiver correspond In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRIEDRICH MLLER. [L. si]

Witnesses ALFRED HENKEL, WALTER VANNEGUS.

lto which the checks transferred to the per-

